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HIPPI:
Yes, the media is polluting OUR minds. You know why? The media used to be controlled by dozens of companies, but that isn't the case any longer, thanks to FCC's chariman Michael Powell (SON of Colin Powell - I wonder if that means anything). Now ALL the media in the U.S. is controlled by 6 companies, AOL Time Warner, News Corp., Sony, Viacom, Vivendi Universal, and Disney.

Michael Powell said: "Monopoly is not illegal by itself in the United States," he points out. "People tend to forget this. There is something healthy about letting innovators try to capture markets. What's not healthy is if they can control them in a way that leads to anticompetitive effects for consumers."

So, the polluting of our minds is healthy.

Michael Powell is against any form of media regulation because he says the antitrust laws will look after public interest.

But the Bush administration recently changed the laws so that the DOJ was the only governing body of the antitrust laws, and it is known for its leniency in these cases.

Now if you guys look into Germany's history, this is exactly what went on during Nazi Germany. Fascists did these same exact things.

AMERICA FORCED GERMANY TO HAVE MORE NEWS COMPANIES THAN IT DID PRIOR TO THE WAR.

This is all part of the neo-cons' plan to scare us into thinking that we need more security, so that they can come up with bullshit like the Patriot Act, which takes away liberties for security.

And according to these jingos on this board, people against shit like this are unpatriotic. Remember the phrase "Give me liberty, or give me death"? That's patriotism because that's what the country stands for.

Don Breezio:
yup trauma...you're definetely right. thats why i havent watched the news in years. the media is so full of shit is sickening. why can't we ever hear about the kid who saved his parents or the amazing recovery of a 5 year old on his death bed. but no...we have to hear about everyone who's died, everyone who's going to die, and everyone who died 10 years ago.

Z the laidback Virus:
Of course the media is. You're absolutely right here. But it's a fact that bad news is the only interesting news. People only want to hear good news if it's about something really bad getting somewhat better (for example: not 12 but 10 people have died in an accident.) I don't trust the media at all,for me it's more then telling that Santa wears red and white because Coca Cola designed him that way for commercial use.

Don Seer:
also one thing you have to remember is that news is often sold to and bought from people like Reuters

you should be able to find an alternative news channel that caters for you though? like over here.. i prefer channel 4's news over the rest.. the big ones being the still state affiliated (ish) BBC, ITV and SKY

mauzip:

--- Quote from: Luke on December 28, 2003, 01:17:48 AM ---yup trauma...you're definetely right. thats why i havent watched the news in years. the media is so full of shit is sickening. why can't we ever hear about the kid who saved his parents or the amazing recovery of a 5 year old on his death bed. but no...we have to hear about everyone who's died, everyone who's going to die, and everyone who died 10 years ago.

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yet you do have an opinion about everything :-X

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